Nakae Chōmin
Japanese politician
Died when: 54 years 5 days (648 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Nakae Chomin (?? ??, December 8, 1847 – December 13, 1901) was the pen-name of a journalist, political theorist and statesman in Meiji-period Japan.His real name was Nakae Tokusuke (?? ??).
His major contribution was the popularization of the egalitarian doctrines of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Japan.As a result, Nakae is thought to have been a major force in the development of liberalism in early Japanese politics.
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